Elder Glacier
| Elder Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 35 ′ S , 168 ° 46 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Tucker Glacier | |
The Elder Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . It flows in the Victory Mountains to the Tucker Glacier , into which it joins immediately west of the Oread Spur .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after the American topography engineer William C. Elder, who carried out measurements between 1961 and 1962 made this area.
Web links
- Elder Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Elder Glacier on geographic.org (English)